Free range egg labels explain ‘temporarily housed’ hens

Marks and Spencer has promised to continue paying the free range egg price to producers who are having to keep birds indoors after the end of February. In the United Kingdom, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued the housing order in anticipation, before cases were reported in Wales and Northern England.

Free range egg labels explain ‘temporarily housed’ hens

Marks and Spencer has promised to continue paying the free range egg price to producers who are having to keep birds indoors after the end of February. In the United Kingdom, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued the housing order in anticipation, before cases were reported in Wales and Northern England.

ACA repeal vs. N.Y.: Tallying up the harm

President Trump and Congressional Republicans are determined to repeal the Affordable Care Act and roll back the coverage gains and consumer protections the law has provided for millions of Americans. With no clear or realistic plan for replacement in sight, consumers, health care providers and insurers both in New York and across the nation are united in their fears regarding the chaos that could ensue.

Opioids create dilemma for doctors, insurers

The steady march away from opioid prescribing in workers compensation will continue into 2017, according to industry experts who call this ongoing shift in treating pain for injured workers a necessary, but complicated journey for all parties involved. And for comp insurers, it means covering alternative pain therapies, which some have been reluctant to pay for in the past.

New Yorkers not being screened for colon cancer

Tens of thousands of adults in upstate New York are gambling with their health by choosing not to be screened for colon cancer, according to research findings issued today by Univera Healthcare. Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among adults in the United States.

Record 3.6M New Yorkers sign up for Obamacare

A record 3.6 million New Yorkers used the state’s Obamacare exchange to obtain health coverage for 2017, a 28% increase from a year ago, state health officials announced Wednesday. Nearly 50,000 people signed up in the final two days before the Jan. 31 deadline, officials added.

Banned from the U.S.: ‘You need to go back to your country’

Hameed Khalid Darweesh, center, a former interpreter for the U.S. military in Iraq, speaks after his release from detention during a protest outside John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Jan. 28, 2017. Reactions were divided after President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday banning refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.

Scarlett Johansson helps Wisconsin Rapids girl fight cancer

“I’m thinking of you and sending you lots of love and support from New York, and wishing you a speedy recovery,” Johansson , a film actress who starred in the “Avengers” series among other movies, said in a video she sent to the Wisconsin Rapids girl’s family. “Everybody in New York City is thinking of you, including me.”

NY estimates $3.7B loss from Obamacare repeal

About 2.7 million New Yorkers would lose health insurance and the state would incur a $3.7 billion budget hit if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act. NY estimates $3.7B loss from Obamacare repeal About 2.7 million New Yorkers would lose health insurance and the state would incur a $3.7 billion budget hit if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act.